First round voting is now open for the 2005 CMT Music Awards. Jimmy has been nominated twice in the Collaborative Video of the Year category, for “Hey Good Looking” and “Trip Around the Sun.”

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The 2005 CMT Music Awards will air Monday, April 11 at 7 pm central time.

CMT will air “Jimmy Buffett Uncut: 60 Minutes Special” tonight at 7 pm central time. It’s a full hour of interview footage in which the music man from Mobile answers questions from Steve Kroft of CBS News.

Also tonight, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform live from Sunrise, Florida. You can listen to the show live on Radio Margaritaville beginning at 7 pm central time. Also, chat with other parrotheads on the discussion board during the show.

Steve Morse writes for the Boston Globe about Jimmy’s surge into country music.

Jimmy Buffett may be a beach-bum troubadour to his Parrothead fans, but he’s Nashville’s newest icon. Country stars have signed up in droves to sing with him ever since he and Alan Jackson scored a No. 1 hit with It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere, a hedonistic anthem that fits Buffett’s slap-happy escapism.

Read the whole article here.

The popular Carl Hiaasen children’s novel “Hoot,” is being produced by Frank Marshall and Jimmy Buffett, who will also provide music for the film.

Read the whole article here.

The 2005 Salty Piece of Land Tour kicked off Thursday night in Columbia, South Carolina at the sold-out Colonial Center.

Buffett brought out some obscure songs that haven’t been played much in recent years, including Presents to Send You, Last Mango in Paris, Bananan Republics, Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Uncle John’s Band. For the complete set list, click here. To view interesting notes about the show, click here.

Got pictures from the show? Upload them here and we’ll get them up in the Concert Photos.

The State article – Parking lot has changes in latitude.

The tour continues Saturday in Sunrise, Florida at the Office Depot Center.